The Long Shadow (Gilbert novel)

The Long Shadow
First edition
AuthorAnthony Gilbert
LanguageEnglish
SeriesScott Egerton
GenreMystery thriller
PublisherCollins Crime Club
Publication date
1932
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint
Preceded byThe Body on the Beam 
Followed byThe Musical Comedy Crime 

The Long Shadow is a 1932 mystery detective novel by Anthony Gilbert, the pen name of British writer Lucy Beatrice Malleson.[1] It is the seventh of ten novels in a series featuring her amateur detective and politician Scott Egerton, a precursor to her better known creation Arthur Crook.[2]

Synopsis

Mademoiselle Robert had twenty five years earlier been a celebrated star on the Parisian stage before drifting in anonymity. Now she has been founded dead in a slum-like tenement in London, with a knife through her heart.

References

  1. ^ Reilly p.659
  2. ^ Murphy p.160

Bibliography

  • Magill, Frank Northen . Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2. Salem Press, 1988.
  • Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. Springer, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.


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